(+)-(Z)-3,4-Epoxy-hexan-1-yl benzoate

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  • Identifiers

    CAS number
    50727-98-5

  • Properties

  • Applications

    (+)-(Z)-3,4-Epoxy-hexan-1-yl benzoate (CAS 50727-98-5) is a chiral epoxide ester primarily used as a versatile synthetic building block: its epoxide ring undergoes regio- and enantioselective openings with alcohols, amines, thiols, and organometallic nucleophiles to furnish enantioenriched 1,2-/1,3-diols, amino alcohols, and β-hydroxy esters for the preparation of pharmaceuticals, pheromones, and fragrance targets bearing a hexenyl motif; the benzoate functions as a removable protecting group for the terminal alcohol while tuning polarity and crystallinity to aid purification, and the compound also serves as a reference standard (optical/chiral LC–GC) and a model substrate to probe stereochemical and regiochemical control in epoxide ring-opening, to screen asymmetric catalysts, or to evaluate epoxide hydrolase selectivity; at the materials scale, this monoepoxide can act as a reactive diluent or surface-coupling modifier for epoxy systems, making it a broadly useful intermediate for building diverse, function-rich scaffolds.

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Maximum acceptable concentrations in the finished product (%)
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Products applied to the lips
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Products applied to the axillae
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Products with significant anogenital exposure
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Products related to fine fragrance
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Products with body and hand exposure, primarily rinse off
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Body lotion products applied to the body using the hands (palms), primarily leave on
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Household care products with mostly hand contact
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Face moisturizer products applied to the face using the hands (palms), primarily leave on
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Household care products with mostly hand contact, including aerosol/spray products (with potential leave-on skin contact)
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Hand cream products applied to the hands using the hands (palms), primarily leave on
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Products with intended skin contact but minimal transfer of fragrance to skin from inert substrate without UV exposure
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Baby Creams, baby Oils and baby talc
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Products with intended skin contact but minimal transfer of fragrance to skin from inert substrate with potential UV exposure
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Products with oral and lip exposure
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Botanical

Name CAS Botanical Proportion
Jasmine sambac (China) concrete Jasminum sambac (L.) Aiton, fam. Oleaceae 1.8%
Jasmine sambac (Malati) concrete Jasminum sambac (L.) Aiton, fam. Oleaceae 0.2%
Jasmine sambac (Sampaquita) concrete Jasminum sambac (L.) Aiton (Sampaquita), fam. Oleaceae 0.2%